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GAN HOLDER.

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WILLIAM V. MOKENZIE, OF RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY.

CAN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,259, dated October 30, 1 894.

Application led February 10, 1894. Serial No. 498,796. (No model.)

To all whom t may con/cern,.-

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM V. MCKENZIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rahway, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Jacketed Cans, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in jacketed cans.

'Ihe object of the present invention is to improve the construction of jacketed cans, and to enable the same to be readily tilted or inverted for pouring its contents into a smaller receptacle, a lamp, or other receptacle without wasting or spilling the same, and to securely retain the can in its jacket during such tilting.

The invention consistsin the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts,hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective I view of a jacketed can constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a supporting stand, having,

opposite standards 2, and provided with a base 3 composed of opposite longitudinal bottom pieces or sills 11, and connecting crossbars 5. The standards are provided at their upper ends with open bearing recesses 6, in which are removably seated journals 7 of a can jacket 8 receiving a can 9.

The can 9 is rectangular in cross-section; and the jacket 8 conforms to the configuration of the same, and consists of sides, ends, and abottom; and it extends to within a short distance of the top of the can, which is adapted to be tilted on its journals to discharge its oontents through an opening 10. Around the opening 10, is arranged a threaded flange adapted to receive either an ordinary screw` cap or a lower threaded end 11 of a cylindrical spout 12, which when not in use is removed and a screw cap is then placed over the opening 10.

The can is retained in its jacket while being tilted by means of a swinging rectangular bail 13 having its sides pivoted at the upper edges of the jacket adjacent to one end thereof by screws 14 or other fastening devices; and

. at one of the upper corners.

the locking bail is adapted to be swung outward and downward, when it is desired to remove the can from its jacket; but the jacketed can may be readily removed from the stand without previously. taking it out of its jacket, as the bearing recesses 6 are open to facilitate such removal. y t

The'jacket of the can may be rigidly secured in a vertical position by means of a detachable looking pin 15, adapted to be inserted in a perforation 16 of one of the uprights to engage either one of perforations 17 and 18 located respectively centrally on one side of the jacket at the bottom thereof, and Thelocking pin is secured to the standard by means of a cord or chain; and, when in engagement with' the perforation 18, it secures the can in a horizontal position.

It will be apparent that the jacketed can is readily mounted for conveniently discharging its contents, that it avoids loss of the latter, and that it may be readily locked in a vertical or horizontal position. It will also be apparent that the can is securely and detachably fastened in its jacket, and that either the can may be removed from its jacket, or the jacketed can may be lifted from the stand without previously taking the can out of its jacket.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction Inay be 'resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

The combination with a stand having opposite standards provided with bearings, of a jacket rectangular in cross-section and provided at opposite sides with journals detachably arranged in said bearingsa removable 'can conforming to the configuration of the jacket and located thereiuand extending a short distanceabove the same, and a rectangular locking bail pivoted to the jacket near one end thereof and engaging the top of the can, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of -two witnesses.

WILLIAM v. MCKENZIE.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. INWRIGIII, WALTER K. BIRDsALI... 

